Brownie Frosting

Brownies are one of our favorite desserts in this house! It’s such an easy and fun recipe to make. I love that it’s an simple and yummy one to make with kids too.

I’m sure you all know and love the classic book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. That book has been a favorite of mine for so many years. Can you believe it’s been around for 30 years now!? And they have so many other fun books in the If You Give series. You can find all those here. And now the mouse is back in the new book If You Give a Mouse a Brownie by the #1 New York best-selling team Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond. With its spare, rhythmic text and circular tale, this book is perfect for beginning readers and is a fun story for all kids. This book just came out on October 18th. I’m so glad I have a copy now of both of these books!

My boys were super excited to read these books. My oldest was more than happy to read these books to his younger brother. They thought the books were so funny! They both knew after we were going to make brownies and they couldn’t wait!

They were eager to get baking!

My cute little bakers!

We decided it would be fun to frost the brownies so after it cooled we topped it with the best brownie frosting ever! (Recipe below!) I’ve worked on perfecting this recipe over the years and I have to say it’s perfect! It’s super simple. Just butter, powdered sugar, a little milk, vanilla and pinch of salt but don’t be fooled by the simplicity of the ingredients. It’s amazing! Everyone will fight to lick the bowl!

We added chocolate chips to our batter (chocolate chunks are also a favorite of mine to add to brownies) and these were some of the best brownies ever! If you want to make homemade brownies try my all-time favorite homemade brownie recipe.

Using a stand mixer or handheld mixer, mix together the butter, cocoa and salt until smooth. Then add in the powdered sugar and beat on low. Add in the vanilla and 1 tablespoon of milk. Add more milk ½ tablespoon at a time if needed for desired consistency. Mix for 1-2 minutes longer, until smooth and fluffy.

Spread evenly on brownies. (This frosting is enough to frost an 8x8 pan of brownies.)

My kids and I had so much fun reading If You Give a Mouse a Brownie and making brownies together. It made for such a fun activity. And you can also download the Mouse and Friends Activity Guidefor even more fun!

These books are the best ever. I often find myself quoting them in real life situations and my not-mom friends have no idea what I’m talking about. If you give a moose a muffin or if you give a pig a pancake are two of the best in the series – next to the original.

My daughter has all these books except this one which she saw the other day in Barnes and Nobles, along with the tumbler and went nuts over. We told her to add it to her wish list for Santa. I really can not say which is the favorite because we love them all so much. They are really creative and fun to read.